Schultz Has Been Planning for Months

Washington Post: “Before announcing his presidential ambitions this week, former Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz secretly undertook a months-long effort to prepare an independent presidential campaign against the nation’s two-party political system, deploying more than six national polls and laying the groundwork for paid advertising that could debut in the next two months.”

However, given the rocky start of his book tour, Schultz aides now say he may not make a decision on running until summer or fall.